Molecules To Market

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Welcome to Molecules to Market - Building Resilient Value Chains for a Fast-Moving World. With our guests we dive beyond the digital buzz into the material realities that power our lives—from process technologies and feedstock to economic forecasts and margin analytics. Join industry experts as we unpack how to engineer, fund and future-proof chemical and energy value chains in an age of relentless change—and find the strategies that turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s competitive edge.

  1. Sanjay Gupta - Overview of the Indian Hydrocarbon Sector

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    Sanjay Gupta - Overview of the Indian Hydrocarbon Sector

    Sanjay Gupta on 45 Years of Building India's Refining & Petrochemical Industry In this first episode of Molecules to Market, hosts Uwe & Nicolas sit down with Sanjay Gupta — former CEO of the Dangote Refinery & Petrochemical Project, & former Chairman & Managing Director of Engineers India Limited (EIL) — for a deep, first‑hand account of how India built its hydrocarbon industry almost from scratch. Resources Sanjay's profileGlobal Oil Refineries (select 'India' in 'Refinery Imports' for a mapping of Indian refineries only))Suggest a guest or topic: media@portfolio-pplus.com ppPLUS Linkedin PageYoutube video of this episodeChapters: 0:00 – Introduction & Welcome 1:56 – Sanjay's Background: From Mussoorie to Engineers India Limited 4:13 – India's Refining Sector After Independence 6:02 – Founding & Mandate of Engineers India Limited (EIL) 8:28 – Oil & Gas Struck at Mumbai High (Mid-1970s) 10:29 – Refinery Expansions, FCCs & Early Configurations (1980s)17:15 – India's First Foray into Petrochemicals (IPCL, Gujarat) 21:55 – Early Petrochemical Complexes: Maharashtra Cracker, HVJ & Pata 26:23 – Economic Liberalization & the Private Sector (Early 1990s) 27:36 – Reliance, Nayara & the National Oil Majors 30:13 – Refinery Capacity Data & Barrels-to-Tonnes32:21 – Modernization & Rising Complexity (1990-2010) 34:51 – Secondary Processing: Hydrocrackers, FCC & Cokers 38:37 – Fuels Refineries, Euro-VI & the Hydrogen Challenge43:11 – Captive Power Plants & Grid Reliability 45:42 – The Petrochemical Boom: Petro-FCC, DCC & Propylene55:29 – Integrating Steam Crackers into the Refinery 1:01:07 – Fuels vs. Petrochemicals: Refinery Flexibility 1:03:05 – The Strait of Hormuz Crisis & Switching to LPG Mode 1:07:06 – Optimal Conversion: Why India Avoids Crude-to-Chemicals 1:09:54 – Gas & Hydrogen Economics in India 1:11:52 – The Third Decade: Integrated Refineries, Cokers & Slurry Hydrocrackers 1:20:18 – Gas Supply, LNG, Biomass & Green Hydrogen 1:27:26 – Product Evacuation: Pipelines, Rail & LPG Distribution 1:34:09 – Import & Export: India as a Refined-Products Hub 1:40:43 – Reliance's Integration, Crude Sourcing & Sanctions 1:50:27 – Conversion Rates: India vs. Global Benchmarks 1:56:26 – The World's Biggest Complex That Never Was & Crude Diet 2:03:00 – Wrap-Up: The Model Refinery Project & Closing

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Welcome to Molecules to Market - Building Resilient Value Chains for a Fast-Moving World. With our guests we dive beyond the digital buzz into the material realities that power our lives—from process technologies and feedstock to economic forecasts and margin analytics. Join industry experts as we unpack how to engineer, fund and future-proof chemical and energy value chains in an age of relentless change—and find the strategies that turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s competitive edge.